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E. F. TILLEY.

BEDSTEAD FASTENING.

No. 563,099. Patented June 30, 1896.

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EDWIN F. TILLEY, OF NFJV YORK, N. Y.

BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,099, dated June 30,1896.

Application filed February 6, 1896. serial No. 578,195. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. TILLEY, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bedstead-Fastening,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a superior fastening of thatclass used in connection with bedstead side rails constructed ofangle-iron, the purpose being to provide a device which is reversible,whereby the horizontal member of the side rail may be placed at theupper or lower portion of the Vertical member.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter,and finally embodied in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the fastening. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a section on theline I I of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the pivotalhook employed. Fig. 0 is a detail perspective view of the side-railmember of the fastener; and Fig. 7 is an elevation, partly in section,showing the parts reversed from the posit-ions illustrated in Figs. 1,2, 3, and 4.

Around the usual leg or pillar a of the bed is cast the socket member1), having two inwardly-extendin g lugs 12, cast with transverseperforations b receiving a malleable-iron pin Z2, said pin extendingthrough the space be tween the lugs I).

The side -rail section comprises angular body members 0, having a frontor face member 0, formed with vertically-alined lugs 0 adapted to bereceived in the space between the lugs b and to guide the side-railsection or member in its operation with these parts. The members 0 areadapted to have the before-referred-to angle-iron side rails rigidlysecured to their outer sides.

Formed in the front portion 0 of the siderail section and alined withthe lugs c is an opening cl, adapted to receive a pin cl of the hookmember d the pin cl having a reduced portion (Z receiving a washer (1*,which bears against the shoulder formed by the reduced portion and whichis rigidly secured to the pin d by upsetting the reduced portion d toform a head, as best shown in Fig. 4. By these means the hook d isloosely pivoted to the side-rail section, and the washer (1 may besecured to the pin d with all necessary rigidity, and yet the pivotalmovement of the hook-section on the side-rail section will beunrestrained. The hook-section d has an elongated base which is of alength equal to the distance between the lugs 0 and when the parts arein the position shown best in Figs. 4 and 6 the hook-section, beingflattened, is alined with the lugs c and all three parts are adapted tobe received within the space between the lugs 11, so that the hook (1may receive the pin b and firmly lock the parts together. By thisconstruction and as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the side-rail sectionmay be placed with its horizontal member at the lower portion of thevertical member, so that a mattress or spring frame may be rested on thehorizontal member and held from lateral movement by the vertical member;or by reversing the hook-section 01 as shown in Fig. 7, the horizontalmember of the angleiron will be placed at the upper edge of the verticalmember, in which position the angleiron will be capable of receivingdevices for permanently connecting a mattress or spring frame with theside rails, as, for example, in the formation of a three-part bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a bedstead-fastenin g, the combination of aleg-section havingtwo lugs, and a pin held between said lugs, aside-rail section having vertically-alined lugs adapted to fit withinthe space between the lugs on the le section, and a hook pivotallymounted on the side-rail section and adapted to aline with the lugs onsaid section and also adapted for engagement with the pin on theleg-section, substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead-fastening, the combination lugs, and a hook having apin pivotal'ly mounted in the opening, the hook being capable ofalinement with the lugs on the siderail section and of connection Withthe pin on the leg-section, substantially as described.

3. In a bedstead-fastening, the combination of two separable members anda hook pivotally mounted on one member and capable of engaging thesecond member, the hook being also capable of movement on its pivot toconvert its relation to the said separable members, substantially asdescribed.

4:. In abedstead-fastening, the combination of a leg-section having twolugs and a pin held between said lugs, a side-rail section, and 15EDlVIN F. TILLEY.

Witnesses:

A. A. I-IoPKINs, ISAAC B, OWENS..

